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Chant may gain traction under new missal, but hymnody’s place secure

WASHINGTON – Although the new General Instruction of the Roman Missal has eliminated the use of the word “song” from the General Instruction promulgated just eight years earlier in favor of the word “chant,” don’t be so quick to ditch those hymnals.
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Book shows colors of Our Lady of the Angels

The story of Our Lady of the Angels Chapel begins in 1848 with the opening of St. Charles College in Ellicott City.
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Mexican family gave up dream because of state law

TULSA, Okla. – Sergio Garcia is a man who has taken a tremendous risk – and lost. Garcia and his wife, Lola, are illegal immigrants from Mexico. Because of a new Oklahoma state law, they made the difficult decision to give up the dream they have worked toward for the past eight years and planned...
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‘Spiritual Communion’: Youths learn a traditional concept the hard way

VATICAN CITY – More than a million young Catholics learned the hard way about a venerable Catholic tradition: “spiritual Communion” or the “Communion of desire.”
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Cristo Rey students do stand up as others step up for school

Streams of people filed past students James Townes, Myesha Green and Gary Spratley in the lobby of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School March 21. Their eyes widened as the crowd grew to more than 300.
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Archbishop O’Brien to form priest advisory council

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has begun the process of establishing his presbyteral council, a key consultative body of priests from throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore required by the Code of Canon Law.
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Judge says Illinois not required to renew Catholic Charities’ contracts

PEORIA, Ill. – An Illinois county circuit judge ruled Aug. 18 that the state of Illinois may refuse to renew its foster care and adoption services contracts with Catholic Charities in the dioceses of Belleville, Joliet, Peoria and Springfield.
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New Mexico repeals death penalty after governor changes his mind

SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico repealed the death penalty March 18, after Gov. Bill Richardson had a change of heart about his long support for capital punishment.
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Deacons’ wives say sacrifices enrich their lives

Severna Park resident Keith Chase is well aware he has an understanding and supportive wife.
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Father Daly was off the mark on commodities traders

Re “The Common Good” by Father Peter J. Daly (CR, March 12), I have lived my life with the attitude of looking out for the next guy and believe most people do the same. Saying that, I have to agree with CNBC commentator Rick Santelli and the so-called risk-taking commodities traders.
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Teams gather to supports two students

As Thanksgiving approached, the boys and girls soccer programs from The John Carroll School, Bel Air, put words into action on Nov. 20 in a benefit all-star soccer game at Harford Community College. The teams and a core group of volunteers arranged this fundraiser, named “Independently We Compete, United We Stand,” to benefit two special...
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